Chapter 122 Running Errands
That is definitely not a simple cold and cough problem.
"Xiao Xu, no need to take it to the study, bring it to my bedroom."
The voice seemed gentle and tired due to the violent coughing.
Hearing this, Jiang Mian paused his hand that was originally on the study door handle and did not push it open.
She walked to the door next to her.
This should be the city lord's bedroom. Is it right next to the study? It's quite close.
However, the other party called her Xiao Xu, probably mistaking her for Zhou Bai's previous assistant.
Jiang Mian didn't think much about it. It was just a delivery of medicine, no matter where it was going.
So she just put her hand on the door handle and pushed the door open.
She subconsciously looked towards the house, and the first thing that caught her eye was a transparent water glass that was half the height and half the width of the house, filled with clear blue sea water.
There are some green plants floating in the water glass, and there is a huge stone bed, but no extra decorations. It looks extremely simple.
Zhou Qing was lying on top of the huge stone bed, his upper body naked, revealing his eight distinct abdominal muscles. His black, silky hair fell to his waist, swaying slightly in the water. His ink-like face was submerged in the water, with sharp, half-curved black fins on either side of his ears, and below his waist was a huge, obsidian-like fish tail!
Jiang Mian was stunned at the door.
Although I had guessed it before, I was still surprised to see it with my own eyes.
She guessed they might be orcs, but she didn't know what kind of orcs they were. Who would have thought they were mermaids?
However, the city lord showed his pure human identity to outsiders. If she discovered his orc identity, he would not kill her, right?
Jiang Mian's eyebrows twitched slightly. She shouldn't have pushed the door open just now. Her guess was one thing, but discovering with her own eyes that the other party was an orc was another matter entirely.
Her eyes fell on Zhou Qing's face with his eyes closed.
Zhou Qing seemed to have just stopped coughing. His pale face was stained with a hint of sickness, and his lips were also stained light red.
The stunning appearance, with its contrasting black and white colors like ink-stained paper, is now stained with a hint of light red, which is particularly obvious.
"Just put it on the table in front of the window." He spoke gently, his eyes still slightly closed, as if he had not recovered from the violent coughing just now.
Jiang Mian noticed that he had his eyes closed and thought about putting the potion down and leaving quietly.
Don't alarm the fish, just pretend that she is that Xiao Xu.
As she thought about it, she stepped into the room and put the potion on the table as Zhou Qing said.
Jiang Mian put it down gently and turned to leave, but just as she reached the door, a puff of steam came from behind her and her wrist was grasped by a large, wet hand.
"Ahem...Miss, did you see it?" Zhou Qing's voice came slowly from behind her, his voice still so gentle but with a hint of illness.
Jiang Mian paused, without turning around, and immediately said, "City Lord, I came here to deliver something. There was no one in the room, and I didn't see anything."
Zhou Qing paused slightly after hearing this, then realized something, his light red lips curled slightly, and his voice was tinged with a smile: "It's nothing to see it."
He thought she would be prejudiced after seeing it, so he asked that question.
He wasn't worried that Jiang Mian would tell others, and he wouldn't be worried even if he did. After all, a human who could disguise himself in Baicheng for so long must have some advanced disguise methods.
Jiang Mian heard what he said and saw nothing. If it was nothing, why did he suddenly come over and grab her hand?
"City Lord, what are you talking about? I really didn't see anything." Jiang Mian thought the other party was testing her.
Zhou Qing couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this. Why didn't this little girl believe what he said?
"Xiao Jiang...is that so?" He seemed to think about Jiang Mian's name, and found the name of the little girl in front of him from his memory. It was Jiang Mian.
He also remembered that this was the temporary assistant he had found for his nephew.
"Does the city lord have any instructions?" Jiang Mian answered obediently, but still did not turn around.
"Give him this bunch of keys." Zhou Qing stuffed a bunch of keys into Jiang Mian's hand. "He'll understand."
Then the water vapor behind him also disappeared.
She only heard the splash of the fish entering the water. The sound of the water was not loud, but a smooth and muffled splash. It seemed that the fish was very skillful in entering the water. The city lord went back to soak in the water glass.
"Okay." Jiang Mian responded and walked out, feeling that the matter was finally over and the city lord had let her go.
Who knew that just as she was about to close the door for him, a voice with a gentle smile came from inside: "Does the fish tail look good?"
Jiang Mian's mind flashed with the beautiful inky fishtail, and he subconsciously replied, "It looks good."
She realized something and stopped talking instantly. She also looked up silently at Zhou Qing, who was resting one hand on the glass at the edge of the upper exit, the other hand's elbow on the glass, and his palm lightly supporting his cheek.
Black and white ink, skin as cold as snow, a huge ink-black fish tail flashing with phosphorescence, black and silky hair that reaches the waist, black eyes and thin lips, the contrast of black and white is stunningly beautiful.
The pair of ink-black eyes paused slightly when they heard the word "beautiful". After all, for mermaids, black fish are considered unlucky and the color is the ugliest, which will not attract females.
Females prefer mermaids with brightly colored tails, such as gold, pink...
Black fishtails have been eliminated.
Zhou Qing's original intention was just to make the little girl admit that she had just refused to admit that she had seen the fish tail.
As for how to answer, that was not within his scope of thought.
But the unexpected answer was so beautiful that Zhou Qing was slightly stunned. He quickly came to his senses and thought that the girl was young and must have never seen other beautiful mermaids, so she thought his fish tail was beautiful.
"Ahem, thank you." Zhou Qing's expression was still as gentle as a painting, but he couldn't help coughing and said slowly, "I need to rest now. You can go and get busy too."
Jiang Mian paused: "Okay, City Lord."
She retreated silently and closed the door.
So what does the other party mean by the question he just asked?
Jiang Mian was puzzled, but it seemed that the city lord did not pursue the matter of her discovering that he was an orc.
She took the key back to the underground laboratory and gave it to Zhou Bai.
When Zhou Bai saw the key, he was silent for a moment, but still took it.
Jiang Mian didn't know what this meant either.
"I have to go to another city to get something tomorrow. I probably won't be back for two or three days." Zhou Bai looked at her, "You should rest at home for two or three days."
Jiang Mian paused, thinking that the other party would ask her to go together.
After all, as an assistant, it is understandable to accompany the boss on business trips.
"Okay." Jiang Mian had picked up things for free for three more days, so naturally he didn't say anything more.
(End of this chapter)
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